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"Teardrop" : Massive Attack
Liz Fraser
Love, love is a verb
Love is a doing word
Fearless on my breath
Gentle impulsion
Shakes me makes me lighter
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath
Nine night of matter
Black flowers blossom
Fearless on my breath
Black flowers blossom
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath
Water is my eye
Most faithful mirror
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire of a confession
Fearless on my breath
Most faithful mirror
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath
You're stumbling in the dark
You're stumbling in the dark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yftOy8kz7aE&feature=related
"Waylon Jennings" Working Without a Net
Written by Don Cook,Gary Nicholson and John Jarvis!
Verse 1:
A
Well the road can be a circus,a death defying act
E
But the clowns don't come around no more since the monkeys off my back
A
I stand here on the stage,as the house lights fade to black
E A
Your love helps me forget,i'm working without a net
Chorus:
A D A
Up on the high wire,i hear the crowd begin to call
D E
Some want you to fly,some want to see you fall
A
Now and then i stumble,but i ain't fallen yet
E A
Your love helps me forget,i'm working without a net
Verse 2:
A
I used to depend on some things i did not need
E
I leaned on some crutches that kept me off my feet
Standing here without them now,well it scares me half to death
E A
Your love helps me forget,i'm working without a net
Chorus(x2).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JehpEHHD2ts
Liz Fraser
Love, love is a verb
Love is a doing word
Fearless on my breath
Gentle impulsion
Shakes me makes me lighter
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath
Nine night of matter
Black flowers blossom
Fearless on my breath
Black flowers blossom
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath
Water is my eye
Most faithful mirror
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire of a confession
Fearless on my breath
Most faithful mirror
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath
You're stumbling in the dark
You're stumbling in the dark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yftOy8kz7aE&feature=related
"Waylon Jennings" Working Without a Net
Written by Don Cook,Gary Nicholson and John Jarvis!
Verse 1:
A
Well the road can be a circus,a death defying act
E
But the clowns don't come around no more since the monkeys off my back
A
I stand here on the stage,as the house lights fade to black
E A
Your love helps me forget,i'm working without a net
Chorus:
A D A
Up on the high wire,i hear the crowd begin to call
D E
Some want you to fly,some want to see you fall
A
Now and then i stumble,but i ain't fallen yet
E A
Your love helps me forget,i'm working without a net
Verse 2:
A
I used to depend on some things i did not need
E
I leaned on some crutches that kept me off my feet
Standing here without them now,well it scares me half to death
E A
Your love helps me forget,i'm working without a net
Chorus(x2).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JehpEHHD2ts
S
Skipling
Guest
Wow c.a!! That is the first time I have ever understood the lyrics to Teardrop! :D
Until now I've loved the song musically, but went off it because I had no idea what the lyrics were, they were just unintelligible to me. Unbelievable, I can love the song all over again now.
Thanks a lot for the lyrics!
Until now I've loved the song musically, but went off it because I had no idea what the lyrics were, they were just unintelligible to me. Unbelievable, I can love the song all over again now.
Thanks a lot for the lyrics!
cholas
Dagobah Resident
Thanks for the Waylon Jennings entry c.a. Not a big country fan but his(and Willie's) work seems to stand out.
Nothing enlightening about the lyrics, but here is a great tune with very good dynamics(live), originally an unfinished Bob Dylan tune.
Now done by Old Crow Medicine Show.
Very uplifting, imho. "Wagon Wheel":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH0CnjXqCLE&feature=related
Nothing enlightening about the lyrics, but here is a great tune with very good dynamics(live), originally an unfinished Bob Dylan tune.
Now done by Old Crow Medicine Show.
Very uplifting, imho. "Wagon Wheel":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH0CnjXqCLE&feature=related
Skipling said:
The lyrics to Teardrop are debatable, IMO. Although the ones listed by c.a. here are the popular interpretation, the singer, Liz Fraser, has a reputation for creative pronunciation and even bringing in words from other languages in her music. If you read these lyrics to Teardrop while listening to it you definitely come across some parts that don't seem to fit what you're hearing!
Here's a quote from Liz talking about her lyrics. (http://cocteautwins.etherweave.com/)
Mind you, this quote was from 1995 and in reference to her band Cocteau Twins' music. Still, I've often wondered if the common interpretation of the lyrics is the right one.
Just my 2 cents.
This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren "Cocteau Twins"
Liz Fraser
Long floating on shipless oceans
I did all my best to smile
'Til your singing eyes and fingers
Drew me loving into your isle
And you sang, 'Sail to me, sail to me, let me enfold you.
Here I am, here I am, waiting to hold you.'
Did I dream, you dreamed about me?
Were you here when I was flotsam?
Now my foolish boat is leaning
Broken lovelorn on your rocks
For you sing, 'Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow.'
O my heart, O my heart shies from the sorrow.Well, I'm as puzzled as the newborn child
I'm as riddled as the tide.
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or should I lie with death my bride?
Hear me sing, 'Swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you:
Here I am, here I am waiting to hold you.'
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=4mUmdR69nbM&feature=related
Liz Fraser
Long floating on shipless oceans
I did all my best to smile
'Til your singing eyes and fingers
Drew me loving into your isle
And you sang, 'Sail to me, sail to me, let me enfold you.
Here I am, here I am, waiting to hold you.'
Did I dream, you dreamed about me?
Were you here when I was flotsam?
Now my foolish boat is leaning
Broken lovelorn on your rocks
For you sing, 'Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow.'
O my heart, O my heart shies from the sorrow.Well, I'm as puzzled as the newborn child
I'm as riddled as the tide.
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or should I lie with death my bride?
Hear me sing, 'Swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you:
Here I am, here I am waiting to hold you.'
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=4mUmdR69nbM&feature=related
hnd
Padawan Learner
`No matter how bad things may get, the music will still be wonderful.` Kurt Vonnegut
Oi Va Voi is a British band that takes its name from a Yiddish-derived exclamation popular in modern Hebrew meaning, approximately "Oh, dear!" It is an experimental band from London, England, which formed in the late 1990s. Their sound draws on Jewish music from both the Ashkenazic and Sephardic traditions, including both klezmer and Judaeo-Spanish music, as well as Eastern European, especially Hungarian folk music, as well as contemporary electronic music.
And a note: They are now working with a Turkish singer to record song in Turkish for their next album.
http://www.vimeo.com/4837831
REFUGEE
You ask me
Why it is I come to you
When someone else is just as good
I asked them but they said the same
Didn't even ask my name
Explain to me
Just what it is you have to lose
Take a minute in my shoes
Don't you feel like you've paid your dues
Already
I'll show you
That all our fates are so entwined
Don't lose your faith in humankind
Just don't forget my state of mind
Is fragile
Together
We can enjoy the taste of dignity
As long as you believe in me
I'll show you my reality
I've seen a few
You ask me
Why it is I come to you
When someone else is just as good
I asked them but they said the same
Didn't even ask my name
There's another refugee
There's another refugee
Oh oh there's another refugee
Oh oh there's another refugee
http://www.vimeo.com/9642228
The video above is from their last concert in Babylon,Istanbul and there are two songs in a row the lyrics of which is below.
TRAVELLING THE FACE OF THE GLOBE
You and I we share another language
Of Inca treasures and hidden pots of gold
We've seen wonders you can only dream of
In search of legends of old
Hitch hiking across the Atacama
A desert like the surface of the moon
Make a fire, eat cactus fruit and sleep beneath the stars
In the morning we'll leave for Peru
Looking high, searching low
We are travelling the face of the globe
Down the rivers and the open roads
Where adventure lies we will all go
We venture the heights of machu picchu
Ignoring the danger sign on the jungle trail
The serpent's bite it only serves to strengthen our resolve
‘Cause tonight is the night we set sail
Looking high, searching low
We are travelling the face of the globe
Down the rivers and the open roads
Where adventure lies we will all go
We're rafting down the rapids of the Urubamba
We sail there with our pockets full of hope
Surely distant shores can't hide forever
‘Cause where the river goes nobody knows
Looking high, searching low
We are travelling the face of the globe
Down the rivers and the open roads
Where adventure lies we will all go
LADINO SONG
Yo me enamoré de un aire
De un aire de una mujer
Una mujer muy hermosa
Linda de mi corazón
Yo me enamoré de un aire
Linda de mi corazón
Yo me enamoré de noche
En luna ella me engaño
Si esto era de día
Yo no daba amor
Yo me enamoré de noche
Yo no daba amor
If I fall in love
Sun above me love
It won't be by moonlight
Won't be by moonlight
Moonlight, moonlight
Si otra vez me enamoro
De un aire de una mujer
De una mujer muy hermosa
Linda de mi corazón
Si otra vez me enamoro
Sea de día con sol
If I fall in love
Sun above me love
It won't be by moonlight
Won't be by moonlight
Moonlight, moonlight
Oh If I get to you
All I'm wanted to
It won't be by moonlight
Won't be by moonlight
Moonlight, moonlight
Won't be by moonlight
Moonlight, moonlight
Won't be by moonlight
Moonlight, moonlight
I can say that there is something miraculous about music or I may go on elaborating on what I thought and felt listening to the ones I shared, but I don't think I will be able to, the music itself can do that better for anyone who can hear that.
Oi Va Voi is a British band that takes its name from a Yiddish-derived exclamation popular in modern Hebrew meaning, approximately "Oh, dear!" It is an experimental band from London, England, which formed in the late 1990s. Their sound draws on Jewish music from both the Ashkenazic and Sephardic traditions, including both klezmer and Judaeo-Spanish music, as well as Eastern European, especially Hungarian folk music, as well as contemporary electronic music.
And a note: They are now working with a Turkish singer to record song in Turkish for their next album.
http://www.vimeo.com/4837831
REFUGEE
You ask me
Why it is I come to you
When someone else is just as good
I asked them but they said the same
Didn't even ask my name
Explain to me
Just what it is you have to lose
Take a minute in my shoes
Don't you feel like you've paid your dues
Already
I'll show you
That all our fates are so entwined
Don't lose your faith in humankind
Just don't forget my state of mind
Is fragile
Together
We can enjoy the taste of dignity
As long as you believe in me
I'll show you my reality
I've seen a few
You ask me
Why it is I come to you
When someone else is just as good
I asked them but they said the same
Didn't even ask my name
There's another refugee
There's another refugee
Oh oh there's another refugee
Oh oh there's another refugee
http://www.vimeo.com/9642228
The video above is from their last concert in Babylon,Istanbul and there are two songs in a row the lyrics of which is below.
TRAVELLING THE FACE OF THE GLOBE
You and I we share another language
Of Inca treasures and hidden pots of gold
We've seen wonders you can only dream of
In search of legends of old
Hitch hiking across the Atacama
A desert like the surface of the moon
Make a fire, eat cactus fruit and sleep beneath the stars
In the morning we'll leave for Peru
Looking high, searching low
We are travelling the face of the globe
Down the rivers and the open roads
Where adventure lies we will all go
We venture the heights of machu picchu
Ignoring the danger sign on the jungle trail
The serpent's bite it only serves to strengthen our resolve
‘Cause tonight is the night we set sail
Looking high, searching low
We are travelling the face of the globe
Down the rivers and the open roads
Where adventure lies we will all go
We're rafting down the rapids of the Urubamba
We sail there with our pockets full of hope
Surely distant shores can't hide forever
‘Cause where the river goes nobody knows
Looking high, searching low
We are travelling the face of the globe
Down the rivers and the open roads
Where adventure lies we will all go
LADINO SONG
Yo me enamoré de un aire
De un aire de una mujer
Una mujer muy hermosa
Linda de mi corazón
Yo me enamoré de un aire
Linda de mi corazón
Yo me enamoré de noche
En luna ella me engaño
Si esto era de día
Yo no daba amor
Yo me enamoré de noche
Yo no daba amor
If I fall in love
Sun above me love
It won't be by moonlight
Won't be by moonlight
Moonlight, moonlight
Si otra vez me enamoro
De un aire de una mujer
De una mujer muy hermosa
Linda de mi corazón
Si otra vez me enamoro
Sea de día con sol
If I fall in love
Sun above me love
It won't be by moonlight
Won't be by moonlight
Moonlight, moonlight
Oh If I get to you
All I'm wanted to
It won't be by moonlight
Won't be by moonlight
Moonlight, moonlight
Won't be by moonlight
Moonlight, moonlight
Won't be by moonlight
Moonlight, moonlight
I can say that there is something miraculous about music or I may go on elaborating on what I thought and felt listening to the ones I shared, but I don't think I will be able to, the music itself can do that better for anyone who can hear that.
Ry Cooder - "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live"
(Alfred Reed)
(G) - (C) - (G7) - (D) - (D7) - (Am)
(G) I remember a time when every (D) thing was (G) cheap
Now prices nearly puts a man to (D) sleep
(D7) Well, when we (G) get our grocery (G7) bill
We (C) feel like making our (Am) will
Tell me, (G) how can a poor man (D7) stand such times and (G) live ?
Tell me, (G) how can a poor man (D7) stand such times and (G) live ?
Well, the doctor comes around with his face all bright
And he says, In a little while you'll be all right!
Well, all he gives is a humbug pill
Dose of dope and a great big bill
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live ?
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live ?
Most preachers, well, they preach for gold and not for soul
Well, that's what keeps us poor folks always in a hole
Now, we can hardly get our breath
Taxed and schooled and preached to death
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live ?
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6efQ_GyQW3o&feature=related
Annie Lennox Live 1995 "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
Songwriter: Neil Young
Old man lyin' by the side of the road
Where the lorries rollin' by
Blue moon sinkin' from the weight of the load
And the buildings scrape the sky
Cold wind rippin' on the valley at dawn
And the morning paper flies
Dead man lyin' by the side of the road
With the daylight in his eyes
Don't let it bring you down
It's only castle's burning
Find someone who's turning
And you will come around
Blind man runnin' through the light of the night
With an answer in his hand
Come on down to the river of sight
And you can really understand
Red lights flashin' through the window in the rain
Can you hear the sirence moan
White cane lyin' in a gutter in the lane
And you're walkin' home alone
Don't let it bring you down
It's only castle's burning
Find someone who's turning
And you will come around
You will come around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syxe3pDszcA&feature=related
(Alfred Reed)
(G) - (C) - (G7) - (D) - (D7) - (Am)
(G) I remember a time when every (D) thing was (G) cheap
Now prices nearly puts a man to (D) sleep
(D7) Well, when we (G) get our grocery (G7) bill
We (C) feel like making our (Am) will
Tell me, (G) how can a poor man (D7) stand such times and (G) live ?
Tell me, (G) how can a poor man (D7) stand such times and (G) live ?
Well, the doctor comes around with his face all bright
And he says, In a little while you'll be all right!
Well, all he gives is a humbug pill
Dose of dope and a great big bill
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live ?
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live ?
Most preachers, well, they preach for gold and not for soul
Well, that's what keeps us poor folks always in a hole
Now, we can hardly get our breath
Taxed and schooled and preached to death
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live ?
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6efQ_GyQW3o&feature=related
Annie Lennox Live 1995 "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
Songwriter: Neil Young
Old man lyin' by the side of the road
Where the lorries rollin' by
Blue moon sinkin' from the weight of the load
And the buildings scrape the sky
Cold wind rippin' on the valley at dawn
And the morning paper flies
Dead man lyin' by the side of the road
With the daylight in his eyes
Don't let it bring you down
It's only castle's burning
Find someone who's turning
And you will come around
Blind man runnin' through the light of the night
With an answer in his hand
Come on down to the river of sight
And you can really understand
Red lights flashin' through the window in the rain
Can you hear the sirence moan
White cane lyin' in a gutter in the lane
And you're walkin' home alone
Don't let it bring you down
It's only castle's burning
Find someone who's turning
And you will come around
You will come around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syxe3pDszcA&feature=related
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia
Inspiration by Neil Young; Written Bruce Springsteen
I was bruised and battered and I couldn't tell what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
I saw my reflection in a window
I didn't know my own face
Oh brother are you gonna leave me
Wastin' away
On the streets of Philadelphia
I walked the avenue till my legs felt like stone
I heard voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I could hear the blood in my veins
Just as black and whispering as the rain
On the streets of Philadelphia
Ain't no angel gonna greet me
It's just you and I my friend
And my clothes don't fit me no more
I walked a thousand miles
Just to slip this skin
The night has fallen, I'm lyin' awake
I can feel myself fading away
So receive me brother with your faithless kiss
Or will we leave each other alone like this
On the streets of Philadelphia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTeBFmWsLIg
Inspiration by Neil Young; Written Bruce Springsteen
I was bruised and battered and I couldn't tell what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
I saw my reflection in a window
I didn't know my own face
Oh brother are you gonna leave me
Wastin' away
On the streets of Philadelphia
I walked the avenue till my legs felt like stone
I heard voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I could hear the blood in my veins
Just as black and whispering as the rain
On the streets of Philadelphia
Ain't no angel gonna greet me
It's just you and I my friend
And my clothes don't fit me no more
I walked a thousand miles
Just to slip this skin
The night has fallen, I'm lyin' awake
I can feel myself fading away
So receive me brother with your faithless kiss
Or will we leave each other alone like this
On the streets of Philadelphia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTeBFmWsLIg
zhenqing
Jedi
un chien anadolu said:
How nice to see fellow Ayreon fan (this music project is one of my absolute favorites).
Right now I'm listening to "The Awareness" from the first album - The Final Experiment.
a cry in the silence
a shine in the dark
like a rising star
the dream is coming
images of violence a flight through time and space
it's such a lonely place
the dream has started
the smoke is rising
the vision's getting clearer
and words become a song
in the dreamtime
I've lost control
marooned and cold
I suffer the fears
of a future untold
I cannot change
the shape of things to come
the smoke is rising
the vision's getting clearer
the hands of time are whirling around
I'm realising
the future's getting nearer
and words become a song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9F_6eDRe6g
I thought the same when I saw those song titles from the newest album ;)un chien anadolu said:
Graceland
Paul Simon and Wille Nelson
The mississippi delta was shining
Like a national guitar
I am following the river
Down the highway
Through the cradle of the civil war
I'm going to graceland
Graceland
In memphis tennessee
I'm going to graceland
Poorboys and pilgrims with families
And we are going to graceland
My traveling companion is nine years old
He is the child of my first marriage
But I've reason to believe
We both will be received
In graceland
She comes back to tell me she's gone
As if I didn't know that
As if I didn't know my own bed
As if I'd never noticed
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead
And she said losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow
I'm going to graceland
Memphis tennessee
I'm going to graceland
Poorboys and pilgrims with families
And we are going to graceland
And my traveling companions
Are ghosts and empty sockets
I'm looking at ghosts and empties
But I've reason to believe
We all will be received
In graceland
There is a girl in new york city
Who calls herself the human trampoline
And sometimes when I'm falling, flying
Or tumbling in turmoil I say
Oh, so this is what she means
She means we're bouncing into graceland
And I see losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow
In graceland, in graceland
I'm going to graceland
For reasons I cannot explain
There's some part of me wants to see
Graceland
And I may be obliged to defend
Every love, every ending
Or maybe there's no obligations now
Maybe I've a reason to believe
We all will be received
In graceland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNIEtwZ1OYQ&feature=related
TSOP 1987-1989 George Duke: Soul Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbwl-axvTu8&feature=related
Paul Simon and Wille Nelson
The mississippi delta was shining
Like a national guitar
I am following the river
Down the highway
Through the cradle of the civil war
I'm going to graceland
Graceland
In memphis tennessee
I'm going to graceland
Poorboys and pilgrims with families
And we are going to graceland
My traveling companion is nine years old
He is the child of my first marriage
But I've reason to believe
We both will be received
In graceland
She comes back to tell me she's gone
As if I didn't know that
As if I didn't know my own bed
As if I'd never noticed
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead
And she said losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow
I'm going to graceland
Memphis tennessee
I'm going to graceland
Poorboys and pilgrims with families
And we are going to graceland
And my traveling companions
Are ghosts and empty sockets
I'm looking at ghosts and empties
But I've reason to believe
We all will be received
In graceland
There is a girl in new york city
Who calls herself the human trampoline
And sometimes when I'm falling, flying
Or tumbling in turmoil I say
Oh, so this is what she means
She means we're bouncing into graceland
And I see losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow
In graceland, in graceland
I'm going to graceland
For reasons I cannot explain
There's some part of me wants to see
Graceland
And I may be obliged to defend
Every love, every ending
Or maybe there's no obligations now
Maybe I've a reason to believe
We all will be received
In graceland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNIEtwZ1OYQ&feature=related
TSOP 1987-1989 George Duke: Soul Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbwl-axvTu8&feature=related
